As a part of the Bengal Heritage Foundation’s third chapter of the the ‘Think Tank’ series, the foundation will pay a tribute to the legendary actor, director, playwright, writer and poet – Late Soumitra Chatterjee who left a mark on Indian and global audience with his stellar body of work on celluloid. BHF is partnering with High Commission of India, British Council India, Nehru Centre London and Kolkata Literary meet and organising a digitally hosted talk show with a strong panel of eminent speakers from High Commission of India, British Council, Nehru Centre London, Indian film fraternity and other prominent personalities to remember Soumitra Chatterjee’s journey and his impact on the film world and Bengali diaspora all over the world. This webinar is structured in three parts: Chatterjee’s early days: Theatre, Film, Culture and the ‘making’ of Soumitra Chatterjee, Soumitra, Ray and Bengali cinema’s ‘golden age’– his work with Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and others, Influence on Next Generation, Bengali Diaspora, and His legacy.
It will be held on November 29, at 3 pm UK Time | 830 pm India in a Facebook hosted Zoom webinar in partners with the High Commission of India, British Council, Nehru Centre and Kolkata Literary. The key speakers will include Gaitri Issar Kumar (High Commissioner of India), Barbara Wickham (Director, British Council), Amish Tripathi (Director, Nehru Centre) and Malavika Banerjee (Director, KALAM). Panellists include Sharmila Tagore (Actor | First heroine of Soumitra | Multiple National Award winning Actor), Kaushik Sen (Actor | Director), Rituparna Sengupta (Actor | National Award-Winning Actor), Parambrata Chatterjee (Actor | Director | Producer) o Suman Ghosh (US) (Director), Riddhi Sen (Actor | National Award-Winning Actor), Srijato (Bengali Poet and Lyricist), Naman Ramachandran (South Asian Movie Reviewer for BFI | Journalist | Author), Koushik Chatterjee (Independent Actor | BHF Panellist). The webinar will be moderated by Debanjan Chakrabarti (DC) (Director, British Council, Kolkata) and Suman Ghosh (SG) (UK) (Professor Film Studies, Bath Spa University).
